Our work in Canterbury

The Labour Party has over 1000 members in Canterbury & Whitstable, and is continuing to grow. We are a diverse group of local people who believe our communities deserve better than a Conservative Government and their aggressive cuts to our public services and their failed economic plan.

The Constituency Labour Party meets quarterly but is supported by two branches, one in Canterbury and one in Whitstable who run local campaigns.

We are proud to support and work with student societies at both Canterbury Christchurch and the University of Kent. These societies are independently run but many of their members are locally registered and involved in our campaigning.

News

Opposing the council merger

It’s key to a con artist’s success to be able to establish their point of view in the mind of the intended victim, to quickly define and limit the boundaries of what is possible. Stopping the “mark” from looking at the fraudster’s credentials or what lies behind the claims being made is absolutely essential for the sting to work, because it stops any questioning the truth of what is being said. This, some might think,

Massive tory complacency on Mountfield!

Canterbury Labour Campaigners Simon Warley and Mike Bland attended Canterbury City Council's Planning Committee meeting last night when the complacent Tory majority on the committee voted through approval of the hybrid outline planning and detailed first phase application for the massive Mountfield development in South Canterbury. Simon and Mike agreed the impressively united ranks of Canterbury Residents Associations from all over the city, together with individual objectors, presented the committee with clear, detailed, and convincing

We are most concerned about the current Boundary Review. It is based on out of date and flawed data and will therefore lead to flawed conclusions. It will shift power and influence away from areas with younger, more mobile populations to areas with older, settled home owners. It will clearly serve the electoral interests of one party only, but not the interests of democrats who believe in fair representation between young and old, renters and